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NCLEX Nutrition
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
albumin levels
low albumin levels < 3.4
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
2. What is the function of vitamin C?
one week period
protein
diet recall
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
3. When does BMR increase?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
can consume more calories without weight gain
4 calories/gram
vitamin K
4. Name six sources of grains
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
trans fatty acid
low albumin levels < 3.4
one tspn salt or less
5. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
albumin levels
one tspn salt or less
vitamin C - citrus fruits
6. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
prealbumin levels
7. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
2 cups
hemorrhage
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
8. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
4 calories/gram
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
protein and fat
albumin levels
9. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
atrophy or wasting of muscle
diet recall
transferrin
10. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
18-25
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
11. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
vitamin K
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
pregnant women or elderly
12. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
protein
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
essential amino acids
500 cal/day
13. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
rickets - osteomalacia
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
14. Fats can lead to some medical problems
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
protein and fat
2 cups
15. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
one week period
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
TPN total parenteral nutrition
16. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
can consume more calories without weight gain
one tspn salt or less
6 oz. a day
albumin levels
17. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
dairy and fortified foods
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
transferrin
18. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
300 cal/day increase
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
19. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
albumin levels
review of systems
5.5 ounces/day
20. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
atrophy or wasting of muscle
protein
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
21. What foods have high quality protein?
18-25
one tspn salt or less
apple is higher risk than a pear
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
22. What is normal albumin levels?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
4 calories/gram
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
one week period
23. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
hemorrhage
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
transferrin
24. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
vitamin K
B and C
albumin levels
carrots and sweet potatoes
25. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
2.5 cups
cream cheese - cream or butter
dark green - orange - drybeans
26. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
dietary approach to stop hypertension
protein
2.5 cups
one week period
27. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
trans fatty acid
4 calories/gram
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
transferrin
28. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
carrots and sweet potatoes
2 cups
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
29. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
3 cups
essential amino acids
cream cheese - cream or butter
dairy and fortified foods
30. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
cream cheese - cream or butter
apple is higher risk than a pear
B and C
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
31. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
low albumin levels < 3.4
diet recall
essential amino acids
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
32. What is normal BMI?
18-25
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
review of systems
atrophy or wasting of muscle
33. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
300 cal/day increase
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
vitamin K
34. How many calories/gram is protein?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
500 cal/day
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
4 calories/gram
35. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
4 calories/gram
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
vitamin K
B and C
36. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
day week or month
37. What type of people need extra protein?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
day week or month
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
vitamin K
38. What function is vitamin A?
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
dairy and fortified foods
apple is higher risk than a pear
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
39. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
protein
4 calories/gram
3 cups
fats
40. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
antioxidant - immune function
fats
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
41. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
18-25
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
2.5 cups
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
42. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
starches - sugars - and cellulose
fat soluble vitamins
43. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
prealbumin levels
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
44. What is RDA of protein?
transferrin
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
cream cheese - cream or butter
45. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
2.5 cups
vitamin C - citrus fruits
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
5.5 ounces/day
46. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
liver and intestinal synthesis
3 cups
300 cal/day increase
can consume more calories without weight gain
47. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
prealbumin levels
decrease in total lymphocyte count
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
can consume more calories without weight gain
48. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
essential amino acids
trans fatty acid
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
49. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
milk - enriched grains
5.5 ounces/day
B and C
apple is higher risk than a pear
50. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
one week period
decrease in total lymphocyte count
liver and intestinal synthesis
cream cheese - cream or butter